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SCOTUS Heard Arguments Today On Legality Of Unpaid NCAA Student-Athletes

NPR

By Nina Totenberg

Published March 31, 2021 at 4:27 PM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case testing whether the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes violate the nation's antitrust laws.

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Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

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